#DDEE72#DDEE72

#DDEE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.150 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEE72
RGB	rgb(221, 238, 114)
HSL	hsl(68, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 52.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, -22.80, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 61.72, 111.68°)
OKLab	oklab(91.16% -0.0655 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(91.16% 0.15 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.4316, 77.7369, 27.5795)
Luminance	0.7774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEE72 #8372EE

analogous

#EEC172 #DDEE72 #9FEE72

triadic

#DDEE72 #72DDEE #EE72DD

tetradic

#DDEE72 #72EEC1 #8372EE #EE729F

square

#DDEE72 #72EEC1 #8372EE #EE729F

split-complementary

#DDEE72 #729FEE #C172EE

monochromatic

#B4CD19 #D0E73B #DDEE72 #EAF5A9 #F7FBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#DDEE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#DDEE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEE72

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEE72	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9E2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddee72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 238, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.150 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf39e',
    500: '#ddee72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddee72;
$custom-light: #eaf39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddee72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.226,
    "s": 78.481,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91157,
    "c": 0.1499,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEE72

secondary

#503DC7

accent

#0BDB27

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF5

border

#D6D6CF

text

#16170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEE72

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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